Jenny McCarthy's Autism Crusade
Article by Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald, for The Huffington Post
Every 20 minutes, a child is diagnosed with autism. In a study of select populations around the United States, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found that one in 150 children has the condition. According to the Autism Society of America, this is the fastest growing developmental disability with a 10-17% annual growth rate.
April is annual Autism Awareness Month. The actual cause of autism and a definitive treatment are still being researched and are under debate.
Jenny McCarthy and thousands of concerned parents, doctors, and health advocates aren’t just waiting for an official cure. They’re finding answers, and getting results.
Jenny, an actress and a former Playboy model, continues her crusade against autism with her new book, Healing and Preventing Autism, which she co-authored with Jerry Kartzinel, MD, a pediatrician who has successfully treated hundreds of patients with autism. Dr. Kartzinel is also the parent of a son with autism. Jenny has publicly shared her struggles with finding her son, Evan, effective treatment, and now reports that he has officially recovered. Evan lost his autism diagnosis per the State of California.
On Larry King Live’s blog, Generation Rescue (an autism advocacy group) Founder J. B. Handley proclaims: “Jenny McCarthy’s son Evan no longer has autism. This is a very hard concept for most people to grasp, because the popular understanding of autism is that it’s lifelong. Quietly, a revolution of tens of thousands of parents around the world are standing firmly behind Jenny and using the same treatments to heal their children that she used to heal Evan. Not a day goes by where I don’t hear a story from a parent of their child’s dramatic improvement or complete recovery from autism using what we call ‘biomedical intervention.’”
Keep reading at The Huffington Post.
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The 1 in 150 figure is now close to fifteen years old. It is about time the CDC Figure was updated. Many educational authorities have the figure at closer to 1 in 100. A recent British study had their rate at 1 in 68. It is a real epidemic folks and we have poisoned our environment. Our children are the canaries in the coal mine. They are disappearing before eyes. Do not stand around the water cooler and talk about it we must run for the exits. Do something about Autism today.